Influencing Skills Jobs in the UK excluding London

Influencing Skills
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 230 180 191
Rank change year-on-year -50 +11 -11
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 491 1,205 1,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.23% 1.53% 1.81%
As % of the General category 1.82% 2.77% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 220 362 375
10th Percentile £47,500 £38,750 £38,000
25th Percentile £54,793 £43,098 £43,067
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,652 £54,995 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.47% -0.01% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £74,235
90th Percentile £87,275 £87,246 £90,000
UK median annual salary £64,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.30% -8.00% +5.82%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Influencing Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 26,996 43,435 37,614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 67.55% 54.98% 67.58%
Number of salaries quoted 12,220 27,354 17,988
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,947 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Influencing Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Influencing Skills in the UK excluding London

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Influencing Skills in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Influencing Skills in the UK excluding London

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in the UK excluding London

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -28 136 £70,000 +40.00% 212
North of England +22 122 £54,793 +4.37% 102
Midlands -30 99 £62,500 +8.70% 84
North West +22 98 £54,793 +8.11% 53
West Midlands -33 72 £62,500 -9.60% 48
South West +38 41 £68,525 +14.21% 72
Scotland -3 40 £84,500 +71.66% 32
East of England -3 40 £59,000 +11.22% 26
East Midlands +38 26 £64,089 +28.18% 36
Yorkshire +22 21 £59,652 -2.46% 35
Wales -32 7 £70,000 +32.73% 16
Northern Ireland - 5 £82,801 - 14
North East +32 3 £59,652 +4.09% 15
Isle of Man - 1 £31,000 -
Influencing Skills
UK

Influencing Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (5.50%) Confluence
2 9 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.41%) IIS
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (7.13%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.20%) SAP CAR
1 1 (0.20%) SAP Retail
1 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
1 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 70 (14.26%) Azure
2 37 (7.54%) AWS
3 21 (4.28%) Asana
3 21 (4.28%) Miro
4 15 (3.05%) GCP
4 15 (3.05%) Power Platform
5 11 (2.24%) Snowflake
6 10 (2.04%) GitHub
7 9 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (1.63%) Serverless
9 7 (1.43%) SaaS
10 5 (1.02%) PaaS
11 4 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.61%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.61%) IaaS
12 3 (0.61%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.28%) Broadband
2 15 (3.05%) Network Security
3 6 (1.22%) Firewall
4 3 (0.61%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.61%) VLAN
5 2 (0.41%) ADSL2
5 2 (0.41%) BGP
5 2 (0.41%) Intranet
5 2 (0.41%) OSPF
6 1 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.20%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.20%) DNS
6 1 (0.20%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.20%) IPsec
6 1 (0.20%) MPLS
6 1 (0.20%) Spanning Tree
6 1 (0.20%) VPN
6 1 (0.20%) Wireless
6 1 (0.20%) Wireless Security
6 1 (0.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (9.98%) Data Lake
2 18 (3.67%) Tableau
3 13 (2.65%) Power BI
4 4 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.61%) Metadata
6 2 (0.41%) MS Access
6 2 (0.41%) Power Query
6 2 (0.41%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.20%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 39 (7.94%) Rational DOORS
2 28 (5.70%) JIRA
3 4 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.41%) ER Studio
General
1 299 (60.90%) Social Skills
2 151 (30.75%) Finance
3 112 (22.81%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (18.74%) Law
5 61 (12.42%) Avionics
6 60 (12.22%) Legal
7 36 (7.33%) Public Sector
8 30 (6.11%) Banking
9 25 (5.09%) Local Government
10 19 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (3.26%) Financial Institution
11 16 (3.26%) Retail
12 15 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.43%) Automotive
15 6 (1.22%) Military
16 5 (1.02%) Electronics
16 5 (1.02%) Marketing
16 5 (1.02%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.81%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 156 (31.77%) Senior
2 89 (18.13%) Lead
3 64 (13.03%) Analyst
4 61 (12.42%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 61 (12.42%) Systems Engineer
5 39 (7.94%) Principal Engineer
5 39 (7.94%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 35 (7.13%) Architect
7 31 (6.31%) Business Manager
8 28 (5.70%) Project Manager
9 24 (4.89%) Business Development Manager
9 24 (4.89%) Development Manager
10 21 (4.28%) Product Analyst
11 14 (2.85%) Data Analyst
12 13 (2.65%) Supplier Manager
13 12 (2.44%) Product Owner
14 9 (1.83%) Audit Manager
14 9 (1.83%) Security Architect
15 8 (1.63%) Enterprise Architect
15 8 (1.63%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.22%) JSON
2 5 (1.02%) .NET
3 3 (0.61%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.61%) OAuth
4 2 (0.41%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.41%) Kafka
4 2 (0.41%) MSMQ
5 1 (0.20%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.20%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.20%) ADO
5 1 (0.20%) Android Jetpack
5 1 (0.20%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.20%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.20%) Blazor
5 1 (0.20%) Jetpack Compose
5 1 (0.20%) React
5 1 (0.20%) REST
5 1 (0.20%) SwiftUI
5 1 (0.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.98%) Product Ownership
2 43 (8.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 29 (5.91%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (4.28%) Over-the-Top Content
4 21 (4.28%) Video\Live Streaming
5 14 (2.85%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.43%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.02%) Private Cloud
8 4 (0.81%) NHS
8 4 (0.81%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.61%) Data Fabric
9 3 (0.61%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.61%) FMCG
10 2 (0.41%) CMDB
10 2 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.41%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.41%) Social Media
10 2 (0.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.81%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Android
2 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (31.77%) Roadmaps
2 132 (26.88%) Agile
3 108 (22.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 105 (21.38%) Systems Engineering
5 102 (20.77%) Project Management
6 93 (18.94%) Strategic Roadmap
7 92 (18.74%) Problem-Solving
8 89 (18.13%) Project Delivery
9 81 (16.50%) Coaching
10 79 (16.09%) Analytics
11 76 (15.48%) Innovative Thinking
12 68 (13.85%) Collaborative Working
13 65 (13.24%) Customer Requirements
14 61 (12.42%) Cryptography
14 61 (12.42%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 56 (11.41%) Data Science
16 54 (11.00%) Business Case
17 52 (10.59%) Risk Management
18 47 (9.57%) Scorecard
19 45 (9.16%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.30%) SQL
2 11 (2.24%) Python
3 7 (1.43%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.22%) R
5 2 (0.41%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.41%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.20%) C#
6 1 (0.20%) Swift
6 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 123 (25.05%) Degree
2 65 (13.24%) HNC
3 61 (12.42%) HND
4 36 (7.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (6.52%) Security Cleared
6 29 (5.91%) DBS Check
7 27 (5.50%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.22%) CISA
8 6 (1.22%) CISSP
9 5 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.61%) CCSK
10 3 (0.61%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.61%) MBA
10 3 (0.61%) PMP
11 2 (0.41%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.41%) CITP
11 2 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.41%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.41%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.41%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.87%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.04%) NIST
3 10 (2.04%) QA
4 7 (1.43%) GDPR
4 7 (1.43%) NCSC
5 6 (1.22%) PMO
6 5 (1.02%) Automotive SPICE
6 5 (1.02%) ISO 26262
7 4 (0.81%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.41%) COBIT
9 2 (0.41%) GRC
9 2 (0.41%) ITGC
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.20%) Docker
2 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (1.02%) Functional Safety
2 4 (0.81%) Terraform
3 1 (0.20%) Ansible
3 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.20%) SCOM
3 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 56 (11.41%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.70%) Salesforce
3 15 (3.05%) Google
4 5 (1.02%) Databricks
5 4 (0.81%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.61%) IBM
6 3 (0.61%) SAP
7 2 (0.41%) Cisco
7 2 (0.41%) Citrix
7 2 (0.41%) IFS
7 2 (0.41%) Informatica
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle
7 2 (0.41%) Sparx
8 1 (0.20%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.20%) Ariba
8 1 (0.20%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.20%) Dell
8 1 (0.20%) Foundry
8 1 (0.20%) HP
8 1 (0.20%) Riverbed